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I use the 5:2 diet, and in all honesty on the "starvation" days (500 cals if I remember...that's what I base mine on), I find more than enough extremely low calorie foods in the salad department...you can eat a whole bag of salad leaves for 10 calories, no carbs, a whole cucumber, 10 calories...

What an ambassador for diabetes. :D I would hope that she would acknowledge her diabetes in some of the interviews she will be doing, and speak up about the struggle for those of us who are doing our best to continue to work with such a debilitating condition. I would love to hear her...

The ND is a hard one and a quick weight loss, I understand that it is still being researched, so might be advisable to let Prof Taylor know what is happening now. However, something any compulsive, regular dieter will tell is that as soon as normal eating is resumed the weight starts to creep...

My dad had to take his monitor with him to see his nurse, and she checked the monitor as well as the readings dad recorded. He got caught out once at the beginning, so never cheated his recordings again after that. I think some of us do get a bit blase about our diabetes, sometimes it feels as...

I buy a bag of plain (or wholemeal) couscous and then make it up to my own recipe (boiled water, herbs, spices, black pepper, English mustard) then chop and add cucumber, celery, radish and add a combination of about half a dozen each of cherry and plum cherry tomatoes. Check the couscous bag...

You need to have carbohydrates at every meal, protein twice a day, fruit and veg. to make up 5 a day. If you look up the Change4life website there are some great ideas. Also look up the DiabetesUK.org website, extremely helpful. When buying food, check the labels. If you have a good diet...

I am type 2, but know the problems of fitting in exercise with a full time job and a lot of voluntary work. I try to combine exercise with the daily commute to and from work, so in the spring, summer and until the clocks change in autumn, I get the local train part way to work, then cycle the...

I love this little paragraph: "People’s health would benefit if average sugar intakes in England were reduced. Sugar increases the risk of consuming too many calories, which if sustained, causes weight gain and obesity" Why? Because it points out the obvious and is not aimed at those with...

Mine was 5.1 when I went to bed last night, this morning it is 10.2...I didn't eat after 7pm. ! give up...I'm due my annual check on 11th, so guess with readings like this it will be metformin and all the evil side effects, and little or no effect on blood glucose levels!!!

I'm not on medication and have not been on medication since diagnosis 10 years or so ago, but I have thining hair. So it is possible that this may be more of a diabetes problem than a medication problem. What does not help is that my hair is very fine and silky, so there was not a lot of bulk...

I sometimes have what I refer to as bad dreams and strange dreams...but have never linked them to high or low blood glucose levels, more to the time of the year and the events that have happened in the past. However, I guess that perhaps the blood glucoese levels could be a contributing factor.

When you see your Facilities Manager you need to quote the 2015 Equality Act you can find more information from this site: http://www.acas.org.uk/equalityact. If you want some help contact your local Diabetes UK Office, the contact information can be found at www.diabetes.uk.org or on any of...

Phone the manager, explain what has happened to your daughter. Tell him or her that you are not happy about the situation and that to prevent something like this happening again you would like to offer a Diabetes Awareness and Information talk to all the staff in the restaurant, explain that it...

quote the Disability Act 2010 at him or her. I'm just getting my employer on that one, along with Health and Safety. I was moved from office on the 2nd floor that despite having four large windows the sun didn't shine directly into, so it was cool and there was enough light to work without...

I agree with you. The X-pert course I went on was in the evenings...it started at 4.30pm which meant taking an hour off work once a week for 6 weeks, but my Head of Dept agreed that I could use part of my lunch hour to make the hour up, or I could arrive in work an hour earlier one day a week...

As someone who goes out there, in the public and raises awareness of diabetes, I actually see nothing wrong with this. It is putting Diabetes out there, in the public domain, it is raising awareness and funds for research. Tesco also do a really good free pack on living with Diabetes, maybe...

The unfortunate thing is that people are more likely to buy a raffle ticket for goodies like this than for a basket of fruit or veg. I used to do a "Christmas Dinner" raffle, and only ever raised £30, when I changed it to a Christmas Sweet raffle, I raised £2000. The sweet raffle was cheaper...

First of all Well Done for doing this diet yourself. Secondly, see your practice nurse or DN if these symptoms persist, and discuss the diet and the symptoms with them. The people selected for the Newcastle Diet were chosen based on the information given by themselves and their medical team...

Done. A pleasure to help.

I have been diagnosed with Type 2 Diabetes for 10 years, and I have only just completed the Xpert course. I found the explanations of the food labeling was good, and this has enabled me to make better decisions while shopping. We were advised to lower our carbohydrate intake, as this stored...